Full Uber Stack

mwbonsall · #1 01-22-2011, 10:12 PM

I now have the full Uber Quad Stack, thanks to my wife

. Birthday was yesterday, and another Quad landed from Rocket Music.

This is amazing. Greg, thanks for treating Cheryl so great! I have a sub gig Thursday with one of my old bands to try it out (outside, poolside at an east valley resort). In less than a year I have replaced more bass gear than I have in the past 20 years, not a bad thing.

Mark

RocketMusic · #2 01-23-2011, 01:21 AM

Nice, Mark! And a belated Happy Birthday to ya!

My UBER stack (Quad & 115) was sounding mighty righteous tonight. I spent most of the night leaning on the King Koa's Barden neck pickup, just a few tunes centered. Tonight was another classic rock and blues sort of night, and the Barden neck PUP just eats that stuff up. And as several folks here on TB have noted, these small UBER cabs (Quad and 115) really do take EQ well. I could hear the differences in my blend settings really well tonight, so it was a lot of fun.

Can't wait to hear a gig report from ya!

LilRay · #3 01-27-2011, 08:29 AM

Congrats Mark! And Happy Birthday

. Gig report?

God Bless, Ray

mwbonsall · #4 01-27-2011, 07:59 PM

Gig report; The cabs sound great, but the gig was disappointing. It turned into a lower volume no energy type of gig. I really wanted to push the cabs and see if the 12.0 max was enough with the 8 ohm loads, maybe next time. I can bridge my big rig to give me 750 watts to each cab if needed. The last time I played here it was totally different.

But, the cabs sound bigger in the mix than I expected, and very big and full even with the lower volume, which is also important. One Quad would have been more than enough this afternoon.

You can really hear slight eq changes and tone shift when panning the pickups.

Here are a couple shots during setup, horrible weather in Arizona this time of year.

Mark

Darkstrike · #5 01-27-2011, 08:11 PM

Shame you didn't get to push it a bit, seems like a killer rig.

Jazzdogg · #6 01-27-2011, 08:21 PM

I heard an Uber Quad and an Uber 15 paired at NAMM. They were being being pushed by a Shuttle 9.0 and sounded very full, yet articulate.

I'm so eager to try a pair of Quads with a Streamliner I'll probably have to wear a lobster bib to protect my bass. If they produce the sound I'm after, I'll be getting rid of a lot of cabs, heads, and combos.

()smoke() · #7 02-01-2011, 08:56 AM

these cabs appear to be the real deal, from what i keep hearing about them!

mwbonsall · #8 02-01-2011, 01:33 PM

If anyone is interested in covers for the new Quad and 115 I have a source. I worked with an established high quality small company with the measurements on the new cabs and just received a pair. They look and fit great. PM me for the link, or if it is OK with Greg I will post it here.

Mark

RocketMusic · #9 02-01-2011, 01:47 PM

Go for it, Mark! Cover suppliers are always good info.

I assume Genz-Benz will eventually offer an official cover for these...

mwbonsall · #10 02-01-2011, 01:56 PM

I checked with Jeff first and he had no plans for covers.

Contact Tom Palmer at http://www.d2fcovers.com/Landing.htm

Very quick service, excellent product, and a real good guy. I did my homework and picked Tom from the others, turned out great. I even talked him into a free t-shirt with two covers.

Mark